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| Author: | Casey Cochran [ Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 28 style back strips |
Looking for some information on which Martin models got which back strip: zipper, black checker, white checker. Were there others? Time frames? |
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| Author: | bluescreek [ Tue Jan 22, 2013 7:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 28 style back strips |
The modern backstrips are a bit different from the old original. I do a lot of restoration and conversions. I do get the old stuff remade. The difference on the zipper strip is that the modern stuff has a white separator between the cells. The 28 checker went through a few size changes and the 45 also had the mosaic changed in size. The old stuff can be rather intriguing with so many different chevrons . The typical Martin modern is 18 series simple black thin strip 28 can be the checker or the zipper 35 uses a maple black maple 40 uses the multi color back the herringbone of today is noticeably different . Martin uses 2 styles bold and thin. The old stuff was more in between the modern stuff. Rosettes used ivory up to the 20's |
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